Charlie Scheips to curate David Hockney exhibition in Paris in October 2010
Mr. Pierre Bergé is pleased to announce that the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent will present an exhibition devoted to an important new body of work created by world-renowned artist David Hockney on his iPhone and iPad. This will be the artist’s first major exhibition in Paris in more than a decade. David Hockney: Fleurs Fraîches will open at the Fondation located at 5, avenue Marceau, Paris on the 20th of October 2010, and will be on view through the 30th of January 2011.
David Hockney, Untitled, 2009 iPhone drawing © David Hockney
David Hockney: Fleurs Fraîches is curated by cultural historian and freelance curator Charlie Scheips. The exhibition is designed by New York-based architect Ali Tayar who has created an installation inspired in part by Hockney’s studio in Yorkshire, England. Another feature of the exhibition is Tayar’s modernist take on the neo-classical French
banquette which will allow visitors to sit and view both of the two gallery installations.
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David Hockney’s “Self-Portrait with Charlie” at National Portrait Gallery
David Hockney
oil on canvas, 2005
72 in. x 36 in. (1829 mm x 914 mm)
Purchased with help from the proceeds of the 150th anniversary gala, 2007
National Portrait Gallery, London
Lunchtime Lecture in the Lounge
On the Making of Andy Warhol: The Day The Factory Died
Monday 28 April
Andy Warhol’s untimely death in 1987 marked the end of an era. Besides being one of the most important artists of the 20th century, he was the nexus of a glamorous and stylish New York social scene. Andy Warhol: The Day The Factory Died (Empire Editions, 2007) shows never-before published photographs from Warhol’s memorial at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, taken by Christophe von Hohenberg.
Featured are celebrities from the worlds of art, fashion, music, and Hollywood such as Roy Lichtenstein, Yoko Ono, Liza Minnelli, and Lou Reed. Published on the twentieth anniversary of his death, the book, conceptualized by Mr. Scheips, functions as a time capsule of this era.
Charlie Scheips is a cultural historian, curator, art advisor and writer based in New York. He is Worldwide Director of Photographs for Phillips de Pury & Company. Past professional activities include directing public relations for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, working as David’s Hockney’s chief assistant, and organizing The Los Angeles and London International Contemporary
Art fairs and founding director of the Conde Nast Archive.
Harper’s Bazaar & American Fashion curated by Charlie Scheips
April 23rd 2008
at Hearst Magazines headquarters, New York